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sisterly /ˈsɪst(ə)li /adjectiveCharacteristic of or appropriate for a sister or sisters: sisterly affection Lizzy and Jane shared a close sisterly bond she gives Kristina sisterly advice...- I guess there was a little too much sisterly rivalry.
- The lead character shows lust only for Olympic glory—the most his self-sacrificing wife gets is a sisterly peck on the cheek.
- Her motivation was not purely sisterly concern.
Derivativessisterliness /ˈsɪstəlɪnəs/ noun ...- She could see that it was easy to think, subliminally, of her sisterliness as something chaste and, well, unsexy.
- Her sourness and envy are apparent in her readiness to put down Iris and her lack of sisterliness.
- The sisterliness between the two women veils the novel's fascinating ambivalence towards different kinds of female creativity: motherhood and writing.
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